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Iran's Rouhani says U.S. faces defeat in bid to reimpose U.N. sanctions

Japanese PM Abe and Iranian President Rouhani meet in Tokyo

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States faces defeat in its move to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Sunday, as Washington declared all U.N. sanctions on Iran had been restored.

"America is approaching a certain defeat in its sanctions move ... It faced defeat and negative response from the international community. We will never yield to U.S. pressure and Iran will give a crushing response to America's bullying," Rouhani said.

(Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by David Goodman)